Have you ever felt while interacting with someone, they aren’t really listening to you? Instead, it seems they catch some of your words, grasp the idea, and then say whatever comment crosses their minds. This isn’t new, but it has started to infuriate me. I thought I was too dull to chat with, but the truth is, no! I’m like any other person, I don’t … Continue reading The art of listening
I still remember the day I said: “I want to live in Canada and work in my field”. I was confident my English would improve soon enough to get a job in this industry that is about being a TOTAL PRO in the writing and speaking departments. The interesting part is that dreaming is as frequent as having to deal with the impostor syndrome. For … Continue reading My brain says: on it!
This morning I was thinking about something I need to pick up from the dry cleaner, something pretty ordinary for anyone anywhere, right? Well, it turns out this is not always as mundane as it could be, at least not for me. We’re about to celebrate our fourth anniversary in Canada, and although the pandemic years don’t count as regular years, settling down has been … Continue reading The dry cleaner
Almost three years living in Canada, which means almost three years of dealing with my insecurities and learning from this culture as fast as I can. Thank God I finally feel more fluent, confident and comfortable (yay!); but this is not done yet, more immigration processes still need to be done. A couple of weeks ago I did my English test to apply for the … Continue reading English tests aren’t the real tests!
The more this pandemic is lasting, the more I think we must be educated on it like teenagers are on sex. After all these months of living under these circumstances, it’s so natural to be tired and fed up of not being free to live the way we used to. Ni modo. Therefore, Christmas becomes a huge temptation, just like a party with lots of … Continue reading Covid and Sex… sometimes too similar
First of all, no worries, you didn’t miss the 1st part of this story. It starts like this. A new city, a new job and a new life on the Covid era. I underestimated how complicated this adventure would be. When I accepted the new job in Kingston, I thought we would find an apartment right away. I thought that in smaller cities that couldn’t … Continue reading The K Adventure (2nd & 3rd parts): A New Home and Being Thankful
Maybe you remember that post about the “Quarantine Stages”. Well, 👉👈 at this point, I guess we are beyond those stages. This is now our daily life, one that was learned under stressful conditions but it doesn’t surprise us anymore. I don’t know if you feel like this too but I don’t miss malls, movie theatres or restaurants, maybe because I’m thrilled with all the … Continue reading Pandemic Side Effects on this Radio Lady
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